GMP said two people were seen on CCTV on Sackville Street on a “distinctive-looking red motorcycle”, before one jumped off to repeatedly smash the shop’s windows at about 18:00 BST on Monday.

“After a minute or so, they jumped back on to the motorcycle and left in the direction of London Road,” it added.

Ch Insp Adam Wignall said GMP would not “tolerate these kinds of mindless acts of vandalism”.

“As such, we are providing ongoing support to the owners of the shop, whilst we thoroughly investigate these incidents,” he said.

A force representative added that GMP’s theory was that it was “hate motivated at the moment, but we cannot confirm this as we are still investigating”.